In this chapter, we learn that the younger brother of the alchemist, chen Qin, is in a fight with his master, liang, at the artifact temple. Worried that chen is an enemy of his master , the alchemist decides to poison himself with 100 g of lucid asparagus and 3 g of aloe flowers. He bathes himself in the mixture for an hour, and the poison will kill him seven days later. The poison will last for four hours and then disappear. The alchemist wonders how chen could be so skilled at forging artifacts. He wonders if he could ever make an enemy out of liang. He asks liang why he is so gossipy, and wonders if there is a secret between chen and his master. Unsure of the reason for the fight, the young alchemist asks if chen's father is there, and liang tells him that his father is a high-ranking military official. The young alchemist decides that he will let his father severely punish chen, and make him apologize on his knees, and then he will teach chen a harsh lesson